Ladle.



J, H. GRiFFlN.

LADLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. I3. 1916.

Patented June 5, 1917.

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proved ladle;

JAMESH. GRIFFIN, 0F CLAY CENTER, KANSAS.

LADLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1917.

Application filed January 13, 1916. Serial No. 71,872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it remembered that I, JAMES H. GRIF- FIN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Clay Center, in the county of Clay and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ladles, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to ladles for molten metal and the objects are to provide such a ladle in which the lip may be swung to any angle with relation to the handle as may be desired so that the metal may be more conveniently poured into places where it would be difficult to reach with the handle stationary.

I obtain this object by means of the construction hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im- Fig. 2, a plan view of same;

Fig. 3, a vertical sectional vieu thereof, and

Fig. A, a cross sectional View through 44: of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5, a detail view of the skimmer.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

The bowl A. is provided with a lip a, throat b and skimmer c. A projecting rim (Z encircles the bowl A from one side of the lip at around the bowl to the other side of the lip. The handle B is attached to the bowl A by means of clamp e f. The rim (Z is seated in a groove Z formed in the portion 6 of the clamp and the under portion f of such clamp extends under the lower side of rim cl. Such clamp is secured to the handle by means of threaded bolts it h provided with nuts 2' 2'. The skimmer c is held in position within the bowl A by a V shaped slot j 9' formed on the inner surface of the bowl and extending from near the top to approximately the bottom of said bowl. The lower end of the skimmer c is provided with an opening is for the exit of the molten metal. Suflicient play is allowed to the rim (Z in groove Z to permit the clamp to freely slide on said rim; thereby providing for the placing of the lip Ct at any angle with the handle B as may be found most convenient for the pouring of the metal.

The form and construction of the several parts of my device may be varied without departing from the principles involved in my invention. I, therefore, do not confine myself to the form and construction clescribed.

Some of the advantages of my invention are:

The adjustment of the handle with relation to the lip of the ladle making it possible to pour the contents directly from the ladle to where it is desired to deposit the same when there are parts of the machinery or some other object in the way of depositing such contents from the ordinary ladle with a stationary handle. Also the method of skimming the metal by pouring it from the bottom of the ladle instead of from the surface of the metal.

What I claim is:

A ladle provided with a projecting rim encircling the same to which is attached a handle adjustable with the periphery whereby the angle of the lipwith relation to the handle may be varied.

JAMES H. GRIFFIN.

Witnesses: V

B. I. AUCHARD, W. K. MoANLIs.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

